Locking device in irreversible transmissions

ABSTRACT

631,131. Brakes. TELEFLEX PRODUCTS Ltd., and PILE, S. July 16, 1946, No. 21256. [Class 103 (i)] [Also in Group XXIV] In locking devices for irreversible transmissions, more particularly those employed in raising and lowering gear for sliding windows, of the type in which a spindle 3 drives a wheel 19 and is associated with a helical spring so arranged that when the spindle drives the wheel in either direction the spring is contracted so as to be freed from a fixed cooperating surface, but if the wheel reacts on the spindle in either direction the spring is expanded to grip the surface and thus prevent movement, a driving dog 11 formed on a plate 18 passes with clearance &#39;through a slot 10 in a hub 4 driven by the spindle, and the spring 12 encircles the hub and engages with the interior of a fixed housing 15 in which the hub is mounted, the ends 20 of the spring being turned down into the slot to engage on either side of the dog and when so engaged being spaced from the walls of the slot. The spindle may be actuated manually or by power means. Specification 631,130, [Group X], is referred to.

Feb. 28, 1950 s FILE 2,498,843

LOCKING DEVICE IN IRREVERSIBLE TRANSMISSIONS File'd Feb. 24, 1948 Patented Feb. 2 8, 1950 2,498,343 LOCKING DEVICE 1N IRREVERSIBLE PATENT OFFICE TRANSMISSIONS Sydney Pile, London, England, assignor to Teleflex Products Limited, London, England, a

British company Application February 24,1948, Serial No. 10,414

. In Great Britain July 16, 1946 Section 1",Pi1blic Law 690, August 8'; 1946 Patent expires July l6, 1966 "-2Claims.

. 1 This invention relates to locking devices in --irrversibletransmissions of the type in which a driving spindle has a hub turning therewith located within a fixed cylindrical housing around which hub" is mounted a helical'sprin'g normally in elastic frictional engagement with the interior surface of the housing, the said spring hav- "ing' 'circumfere'ntially spaced inwardly turned -eiids*projecting with a desired circumferential clearance mm a"radial and axially extending slot of desired width in thesurface of the hub, "together with 'a'ooairialzwheel to be driven, freely I mounted on the hub or an-extension thereof, I the -said wheel or apart turningltherewith hav- -ing an axially extending eccentrically arranged "dog :which passes between the inwardly turned ends of "the spring; the-arrangement being such that whentheidrivingispindle .is turned in either direction 'of "rotatic'm' one or the other of the somewhat radial bounding surfaces of the slot is mforcibly? pressed against-the adjacent inwardly turned'endbffthe spring: to loosenxthe grip. of the spring from the housing and permit thezparts to be turned relatively to the fixed housing, the :t'd0g andrthe wheel to be driven being carried round between thetwo'e'nds of the spring, whilst any 'return -orvreaction :drive. from the 'wheel to 1 be driven'is. imparted to'the dog which forcibly isipressed against the other or inner side of either '1 .of the inwardly.projecting-ends of'the spring) to zincreasexthefrictional, grip of the spring in the housing and prevent rotation,

Suchrlocking devices are-well :known, particularly in connection with raising and .lowering geari'iforqslidin'g sash windows, especially such windows for motor road and like vehicles, whereby after positioning such-windows the reaction, by effecting the. 1ocking,.holds.the partsin any adjusted position. Further, insuch known looking devices in some cases the spring has'had down-turned ends which are engaged by a driving member. A QQK Il .liQY PQ 9 .th ,.=t ne. o t 3. 13. c ance t lt e eveni n; the d f m e w h wide whic emes at ht an -i I I Q understood, itwill now be describedwith refer- 2 is non-circular in cross section and engages in a correspondingly shaped bore in the hub. One endof thehub has the driven wheel mounted thereon which is maintained in position by a 5 washer, whilst the end of the spindle is riveted over to hold the washer in position; The housing, which preferably is outwardly fiangedfor connection to'a carrying plate (which-maybe part of the framework of a door or body partf of amotor road vehicle), has a reducedportion surrounding the other end of the hub and-a washer is provided to maintain the hub in position in the housing, this washer in tm-n being held in position by a circumferential spring clip '15 held in a groove around the spindle. 'In the result, the whole assembly does-not necessitate any weldingor otherwise but all-the parts interfit ready for easy assembly 'by'unskilledlabour i I r a In order that the invention'may Be -better enee tdthe accompanying drawings," which are we scale above ful1-size,'which'are given by way of example only and in which: I Fig. 1 is'a cross sectional elevation of one form of locking device and driven wheel in accordance 'with the inventionfand Fig, 2 an end elevation 'in the direction of the arrow 2', with the spindle, I washers and driven wheel removed. I In carryingthe invention into effect as shown. in 'the drawings, there is provided a spindle-3' of i-squaresection adapted to be assembled with and *-in-a-hub 4', having a square section'bore, in which the spindle engages.- This spindle 3 has the corhers rounded and passes through a similarly shaped bore in the hub 4 and is s'ecured'in'said f hub by va washer iconstituting-a flange at one and held in position by the spindle 3 being riveted over at-6, and atthe other end, upon assembly, by acircumferential notch Tor portions thereof engaged by. a detachable circumferential spring 1; wire cup 8 andwasher alto secure the parts I assembled: l i The ihub comprises'a stepped body with-its tenlargedapart radially; and axiallyslotted at *10 .forthe passage of the driving-dogi l (hereafter .="i:reierre d to),;.-and having omitslarger diametered portion the locking spring 12 axially and otherwise held by an end flange l3 and a bead I4.

The whole is mounted in a sheet metal pressed housing l5 coming around the hub 4 by a reduced portion 23 at one end which abuts the washer 9 and outwardly flanged at l6 at the other end for securing to the carrying means 00 such as, for example, a plate I1 for attachment to the framework of a door of a motor vehicle or otherwise, or actually directly to the framework of such door or the like; in some cases the housingandplate may be integral.

Betweerrthe reduced end 23" o'f'the housing and the hub proper 4 there is mounted, around the hub proper, a driving plate l8 which has the dog I I, bent at right angles thereto.andextending through the radial and axial slot Ill-oft the hub. This dog II is comprised of a tongue of desired width which as bent-cmes= p'ara1le1 with the axis of the spindle andat adesiredradial distance therefrom. At the other end, on the hub 4, there is mounted aadrivenewheel-l9,axially held in position by the outer :fiange -comprised by the washer on the spindleand having a circumferential notch in its web toirec'eiveahd for the passage of the outer end of the driving dog ll of the driving plate l8, to give abal'anced' action to such dog.

The-locking springiZhas three-helicalturns and it terminates .in downturned portions .20 which enter theslot lilof the hub. Thespring l2-tends1-to expand on the hub 4 andtherelative dimensions of the parts are such .that when the hub 4 surrounded by the spring I2 is inserted --intothehousing 15, the exterior of-the turns of the spring fits andcomes into elastic frictional engagement with the housing and spaces the downturned ends from the boundaries- 2l.-of thetslot ID, the spaces being numbered-22. JMOI'BOVBI'; when thus positioned thetwoends 20 wjust abut the edges of thetongue-like driving .cdog ll. The position of the parts is shown in Fig. 2. From theaboveit will be appreciated. that when :the spindle-is turnedino matter in which direction).itcarries round with it. the hub 4 .and spring l2. Consequently, the ends-20 also:carry -roundthedog 1 lg which beingemounted on the,

- -hubalso-tends to turn therewith. The dog ll adrives round the wheel- .i 8 which: latter "being wmounted-on therhubalso tends to .turn therewith. The springwEZ doesnot prevent driving --movement from theispindle in:either direction.-

Howeverpany-reactionmovement, that is; any iattempt of-the driven wheel lilato turn-the hub K 1and;spindlei,- is prevented. In the first-place the said wheel l9-tends .to-turn-=on the hub. land -carry.thedog=l [with it: This action immediately.

ris; imparted: tothe-one or the other -of the ends 2E4 OfzthSg, spring :I 2 (depending onthed-irection -iofmovementl; which tends .to expand the; spring causingit :tofibind :against the inner'surface' of rthe hOuSi-ng' l 5' to stop or prevent the movement mdue' to reaction.

:1 The spindle 3fl extends: through anysuitable zassociated part (for'example, apart of the frame- 'work' of a door of a motor roadvehicle) ato be Lrengaged'by. adrivinghandle-or'the likegso thatrwh'eni .driven by said handle." in eitherdirection it drives :ithe 'whe'el IS'thrOugh'Lthe hub 4 and thereby the spring grip of the hub inlthe interior of the housing is freed;- permitting. the driving 'in either direction. Howeveix-on' the' cessation "-"of "the drive the helical "spring means I 2. as be- 'fore explained comes intoIbinding-terigaigement with the interior of the housing l5 and this binding engagement is increased by the reaction of the set driven part (for example, the window) through t-helldriven wheel; "in this'i manner the 5 locking dvice'--holds"s'aid' 'set"part"'in its set adjusted position.

In a particular application of the invention, -sfor-example as:associated with the raising and .z- 'lowering gear of my application Serial No. 10,413, 10 there is associated with the spindle, locking device=and wheel-"to be driven, an adjustably posi- "tionedguid'ewheel for a driven cable. This guide wheel maybe mounted upon the carrying plate "of the lockingndevice and spindle housing or upon s that p'artlof the framework carrying such locking device and spindle housing.

.'-;Altho1ighalocking device in accordance with the invention has been particularly described as as'so'ciated with manual driving means, it should go be understood that it equally well can be used with electric :or'other power drives.

'-What I-: claim and desire -tosecure'by Letters ;Fatent of the United States .of Americais:

: L-In a device of-thecharacter described, a

fixedly: mounted housing having a cylindrical wall, a drivingispindle rotatably mounted in said housingand-having aihub secured thereto so as to-rotate with said. spindle;-said hub being pro- -vided with-a radial:-.slot=inits outer circumfiand =liaving its ends-bent inwardly into saidslot, said spring engaging :resiliently with'its outer .icircumference vtheninner -face:of the cylindrical wall -'of -said-housing azdriven wheel having a 5'.-circumferential notch: mounted freely rotatable at'one'end ofsaidchub, and a dog'integrally formed with a plate abent at right angles there- "Jto', said platebeing mountedon the other end of swsaid hub and said dog extending through said .40' r'adial 'slotzini said hub and between the inwardly DREFERENCESHCITED Thefollowing-references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED- STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 'Re.16,'565 Meyers- Mar. 1, 1927 1,651,052 I Ackerman et a1. "Nov'."29, 1927 l 1,942,962 1 Hart s Jan: 9', 1934 1=',"65,878 f Briggs July 10-,1934= 2,001,758 Zwierzina ""May 21, 1 9 

